Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
Qualifications Raised Poor Self-Educated Lawyer in Illinois Whig Party Leader State Legislator Promoted Industrialization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiFZehcrGX8
Presidency Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address Fought Against Harsher Treatment of the Defeated South Pro Industrialization and Modernization of US Ranked as One of the Top US Presidents
Assassination John Wilkes Booth 6 Days After Confederate Surrender Well Known Actor Confederate Secret Services Connections 6 Days After Confederate Surrender Ford’s Theater General Grant Decides Not to Go at the Last Minute Body Guard Leaves Shoots Lincoln in the Back of Head, Rathbone Fights, Booth Stabs and Escapes Union Army Finds 10 Days Later and Kills Lincoln Dies after a 9-Hour Coma http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRKtNJkqKF4